Drop your best Haiku about life working in Advertising. Remember the old rule: 5-7-5

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It looked so shiny
An advertising career
Alas, it was rust

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Pitch time is crazy
How’d it go? It went so well!
Guess we must have lost.

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A glamorous life
But only on the outside
Inside it's despair

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A conference call
Connectivity issues
Let’s regroup offline

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Please do your timesheets.
Seriously, do them now.
Timesheets. Now. Timesheets

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Oh man. I get this haiku about once a week 🙃

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Vision of TV.
Famous spots on the big screen.
Wrong turn. Excel hell.

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Just when things seem good,
CEO sends an email:
“Publicis bought us.”

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RIP lol

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Millennials now
just want experiences
not things. Love, Planner

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This is good. Please don’t stop.

What a great idea
That the white boy spoke out loud
After I said it

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At least twice a week. I am not alone. 😂🙏🏾

Recruiters reach out
They set up a time to talk
But we never talk

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Creative minds churn
To stir the soul and inspire
"Buy one, get one free”

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😂😩🥊

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Noisily he goes
I’ll know it when I see it
K whatever dude

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Best Haiku gets featured on R/GA's Twitter account.

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These are old already. Did you pick the winners?

Wanted to do art
Made some commercials instead
Money! whoops I’m fucked.

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We’re letting you go.
And we’re letting you go too.
And you, you, and you

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Genius haiku! You have my vote

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Client says “Viral!”
I have trained for this moment.
Surprise and delight.

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Maybe it’s an art.
Selling things people don’t need.
Makes a big ego

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Work work work work work
Work work work work work work work
Work work work work sleep

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I really like it
I really, really like it
And now I hate it

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“Your job is so cool"
“Thanks I worked SO hard for it”
“We’re letting you go"

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Safe behind the glass
Skittles calm the rage inside
Focus groups are dumb

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This is so right on!!! Congrats—I burst out laughing. Well done!!!

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Client approves art
Production starts, here we go!
Their boss never saw.

Shit.

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